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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-25

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-25
Carpet Department.

ROxbury Tapestries, Sanford Tapes
tries, Higgins Tapestries, Stltson's
Tapestries, Smiths Tapestries. Prices
from 80, So, 20, so, So, 30 cents and
upwards.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
BRIGHT BITS.

IT is a Fairchd that knows it's own Treasury
report.-Ohio State Journal.
LAWYERS are always ready to bring new suits
Tailors are not.-NetC orleans Picoyune.
A SOUTH CAROLINA PAPER tells of farmer in
that State who has been at the pillow for sixty
eight years. 1t is time to call the old man to
dinner-Altd California.
BASE BALL is now all the rage in California,
and many people who expected to visit the
Golden State this winter think of poStponing the
trip until the rainy season sets in.-Oht0 State
Journal
81 SHOULDN'T CARE to marry a woman who
knows more than do he remarked. so, Mr.
De Sappy," she replied with a coquettiSh shake
of her fan Il am afraid you are confirmed
bachelor. Epoch.
LADY (who had sick husband)-Don't you
think, doctor, that you ought to bleed my 6us-
band?
Doctor Overwhelmingly NO. madam. not I'm
til he gets well.-EpOch.
LANDLoRD-Come, Sepp, that is the tenth
match I've seen you strike. What have you
lostY
Sepp-Im looking for match that 1 dropped
on the fioor.-Germdn Joke
PAPA, why do they always call a railroad
train 'she'?''
Because it takes three or four men to man
age her, my son, replied Mr.. Dawdle, glaring
toward his wife.-ChtcdgO NelUs
FLANAGAN-Th the thinnest pair o. gents
l ever seen, barrin wan.
Lannigan-An' how thin was he, might ask
Flannigan-Begorra, he was as thin as the
two O. them put together.-Nel0 York Graphic.
PHoToGRAPHER-If you and your estimable
wife could look a trfe less mournful | think
the picture would be more satisfactory.
Deacon Hadden-Yo Dung man, our son Jacob S
in jail for boss stealin'. This picters fer him.
Let her goi-Judge.
THE FRANKS of boreas in this vicinity lately
remind us of an original composition of a Nan.
tucket miss of early time: "Wind is a very use
full article; it blows down houses, roots up trees
and many people die for want of breath. ~
Nantucket Inquirer.
SAID BRowN: THE day l was married quit
chewing tobacco, and / tell you it was pretty
hard on me that day, but in day or two / was
all right
"Ah, how's that?"
81 commenced chewing again. ''-Teras Stft-
thgs.
AT one of those love feasts last week which
always follow an election in which one good
fellow has been pitted against another, Col.
Fellows and De Lancey Nicoll renewed to each
other the assurances of their distinguished con.
sideration in this wise:
''Laney,n said the Colonel with a paternal
wink in his eye, you've learned lesson early
in life which will be of vast benefit to you"
Whats that, old boy?"
tNeyer to run for public office unless you've
led pure Christian life. '-NeW York Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
The Grand Array Chiers Mistake

Commander-in-C Chief Rea, in reply to a
question concerning the feeling of the SOL
diers toward President Cleveland, said
the other day that the members of
the Grand Army would take no
concerted action hostile to the Presi-
dent, but he thought Mr.. Cleveland had
lost many votes that he otherwise would
have obtained. but for his attitude toward
pension bills and the soldier element gener-
ally. Mr. Rea talks like a man who doesn't
understand his subject If he win
take the trouble to go into the rec
ords, he will find that President Clevelands
attitude toward pension bills and the SOL
der element generally is far more liberal,
so far as the signing of pension bills is con-
cerned, than were Presidents Grant, Hayes,
Garfield or Arthur Furthermore, on in
vestigation it will be found tsat Mr. Cleve-
land has always been favorably disposed to-
ward the soldier element Mr.. Rea's opin-
ions are, no doubt, based on the Presidents
veto of the dependent pension bill and of
sundry private pension bills. 1t might be
well for him to grasp the fact that the Pres
ident is not put in Office for the purpose of
signing every bill, good and bad, that comes
before him. The veto power can very often
be used to good effect. and Mr.. Cleveland
seems to know when to use it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
New Workers Need Not Stop Buying
Books
Fronl he Neu YORK Tribune.

From tie Netc York Tribune.
In an endeavor to find out the present state
and condition of the Tilden Trust, out of which,
it is supposed, is to be evolved at some period
more or less remote, a public library for the
city of New York. a reporter called upon Delos
McCurdy, counsel for the nephews of Mr. Tilden.
who are contesting their uncle's WILL and John
Bigelow, one of the executors
Mr.. McCurdy said: There is no use talking
about the subject until the will contest is set
tied, The case will be tried in about a month,
upon. OF course / do not think the will valid.
1t may be that the executors will have nothing
to spend on public library at the close of the
contest. 1t is absolutely impossible to say any
thing at present touching the question that
would be of public interest IL would be better
for you TO wait until the case has been decided"
The reporter withdrew, and reflected as he
descended in the elevator, that while Mr.. Nc
Curdy's last advice was no doubt kindly meant,
the wait he recommended might prove some
what protracted one, as will contests are not
noted for being decided in hurry, and this one
promises to be no exception to the rule
Mr.. Bgelow was found at his house in
Gramercy Park. He considered the reporters
call an unnecessary infection, and, like Mr.. Nc
CurdY. thought nothing should be said about
the matter at present. On being asked if there
were nothing to communicate on the subject of
plans or site for the public library, he replied
Nothing whatever We shall be glad to take
the public into our confidence at the proper
time, and shall expect to have their co-opera-
ton But while this litigation is pending it is
idle to talk, as we have nothing to say
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
A Pearl Lost in the Sea.

Why mourn for the hours that have vanished,
Why grieve for the things that are lostY
Why weep for the flowers in summer
That lie meath cold winters frost?
Can we make them stand still or turn backward
Or revive the dead rose to the lea?
We might just as well try go searching
For pearl that is lost in the sea.
Why cherish a dream that is ended?
Why look down the vista of years,
But to suffer long buried sorrow
To open the wound with new tear3s
1t is over forget it-aS useless
(No matter how anxious we be)
To try to go back, as recover
A pearl that is lost in the sea!
Why burden to-day with regretting
What might have been had we but known?
Why long for the much beloved music
After the singer has flown?
VIII all the regrets and the longings
Avail against Fate's stern decree:
All no, for the Past and its chances.
Are as pearls that are lost in the sea!
Why waste precious moments in thinking
OF scenes that are beautiful then?
Why linger DER graves that hold treasures
That neer will return us again?
Why wish for our youth and its gladness
When from sorrow and care we were free?
When It's gone from our grasp gone forever,
AS a pearl that is lost in the sea-
FANNY RUSSELL.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
Men Who Distribute Money by the
Carload Once a Month.

From the Pitts5urg Commercial Gazette
The paymasters of the several railroads rum
ming into the city are getting ready for their
regular monthly trip over the lines. The Penn
sylvania railroad and the Pennsylvania Com
pany have the largest number of men on their
pay-ro,ls The latter company have in the
neighborhood of IL 900, who draw over $500 900
monthly: The men are paid in generally
gold The car, after paying all the employees in
Pittsburg and Allegheny, goes out upon the
road about the 18th of each month. They
reach Chicago about the 2lst. The men along
the road are given notice that the car is coming
by the train preceding it carrying blue flags
on the engine. On the flags are the
letters ''P. M meaning paymaster To
guard against attacks of robbers at night very
little money is kept in the car. Before the pay
master starts out he telegraphs to banks at
different points along the line that he will be
there at a certain hour on certain day with
check to be cashed. The check is just for about
the amount that is to be paid that day. The
first point checks are given at Salem, O., where
very often the amount is $50, 900 A represen-
tative of the bank meets the car at the station
and exchanges the money for the check. There
are always three or four men besides the train
crew on the car. The paymaster and his assist
ants go heavily armed, and it would be a hard
matter for anybody to rob the car. The car
stops at all stations along the line, and the en-
plOyeS in the Immediate vicinity are supposed
to be on hand to receive their money. The pay
master counts the money out before them. and
they sign the roll in his presence. j. H. Fred
ericks, one Of the oldest employees of the Penn
sylvania Company, is the paymaster
The Pennsylvania railroad have about 10000
men on the three divisions between Pittsburg
and Philadelphia. All the employees IN this city
are paid in checks on the Merchants and Manu-
facturers Bank. The checks are received by
mail and distributed by the officials of the vari
GUS departments. Those out the road get their
checks from the pay-cars. There is one car for
each division. They pay out about $500, geo
monthly. If an enploye wishes to get his
money, for good cause before the regular time,
he is paid out of the contingency fnnd
The Baltimore and Ohio road pay about $500
men between Pittsburg and Cumberland. The
officers and others in this city receive checks
and the employees on the road are paid in cash.
About $200000 is paid out.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie has about 800
meI on their rolls who are paid about SIS, 600 in
cash. Each mans money is put in an envelope
with his name, number of days he worked and
amount of money he is entitled to- 1t takes
two and one half days to pay them.
The Panhandle railroad car dsbHrses about
$4,000 between tins city and Columbus 1t
also pays the Cleveland and Pittsburg employees.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
Philadelphia,s License Law.

! The high license law in Philadelphia
promises to close more saloons than it was
thought it would when it was adopted. The
license is $500. Perhaps four-fifths of the
6,00O saloons of the city can raise that sum
and can afford to pay it, but it is now
| believed that not onehalf of the number
can give the 81, 900 bond which is required
from every saloon-keeper
The bond has to be signed by two respon-
sible citizens, who have in real estate, free
from incumbrance, more than the amount
of the bond, and they are bound to pay
every fine and every judgment for damages
imposed upon their principal for violations
of the license law.
There are very few men who care to be-
come sureties on bond of that kind. If
the authorities are strict in inquiring into
the qualifications of those offered as bonds
men, it is pretty safe to say that Philadel-
phia will not have thousand saloons next
year.
The city will suffer no damage on that
account. Indeed, it will be better off. It's
inhabitants will be happier and its streets
will be freer from drunken rowdies. The
saloons will be turned into workshops and
the industrial interests will flourish in pro-
portion as the saloons disappear
Of course those saloon keepers who can
pay the license and give the bond will have
a better business than they had under the
low license system. If they do particu-
larly flourishing business the license will
probably be increased. Philadelphia will
soon enter upon an experiment that will be
watched with great deal of interest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
The Mu0wumps.

The chairman of the National Republican
Committee, Mr. b. f. Jones, manages to
get into the public prints pretty often
Doubtless he is under the impression that
his party friends want to hear from him
whenever any political matter of impor-
lance is being discussed by the public.
The Presidents message and Mr. Blaines
comments upon it have afforded him an
opportunity to say that the free trade ques
ton will be the issue between the two great
parties in the next Presidential contest. He
doubtless thinks it will be because Mr.
Blaine would like it to be, and because all
the protection organs are aiming TO make
it so.
The only point in Mr.. Jones' interview
that is worth more than passing notice is
his allusion to the Mugwumps He says
that they are all Free Traders, and he leaves
the impression that they will all support
Mr.. Cleveland again for that reason.
1t is true that great many of those who
are classed as Mugwumps are earnest tariff
reformers, but they did not support Mr..
Cleveland in 1884 because they sympathized
with his tariff views. They supported him
because they believed him to be an honest
man, and they opposed Mr. Mr.. Blaine be-
cause they had no confidence in his integ
rity. If Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Blaine are
again opposing candidates, they will pursue
the course they did in 1884, and for the same
reason.
The admission of Mr.. Jones that the Mug
wumps will again support Mr.. Cleveland
shows two things. First, that Mr.. Cleve-
land has lived up to his pledges and given
the country safe, clean and an economical
administration, and second, that the Re
publicans are thoroughly satisfied that they
have no reason to hope for any assistance
from the Mugwumps. The information
that the Republicans do not think it possible
to win back the Mugwumps will be accepted
as a sufficient excuse for Mr.. Jones' inter-
view.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
Death Seized Him in the Saddle.
From. the Ne,e York World.


The body of A. P. Francke, the well-known
sugar dealer, who died suddenly in Dckel's
Riding Academy Friday evening, was removed
from Benedict's undertaking establishment, in
chapel, in Twenty-fifth street.
MIR. Francke had lately become member of
the Riding Academy, and Friday evening he had
ridden several times about the ring when he
was seen to fall from his horse He was at once
carried into the reception-room and physician
sent for. Examination showed that the man
was dead, and word was sent to Deputy Coroner
Jenkins, who, in the absence of Coroner Nu-
gent, gave permission for the removal of the
remains to Benedict's establishment, Yester-
day afternoon Coroner Nugent and his assistant.
Dr. o 'Meagher, held an investigation, and upon
the testimony, gave permission to the relatives
TO bury the remains. 1t seems that Mr. Francke
has been under treatment for heart disease,
though the nature of his malady was concealed
from him. He had all along thought that his
curing himself of his supposed trouble he be-
gan taking riding lessons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14

Mr.. w. L. Glessner, an energetic and
liberal Ohioan who moved to Americas,
Ga, and has been running the Recorder,
thinks that Georgia farmers have every
natural advantage over Ohio farmers, and
wants them to make better use of their
advantages Mr.. Glessner wants more
attention paid to grasses which, he says,
mean cattle, sheep, hogs, the reclamation of
old lands, diversified farming, diaries,
creameries and cheese factories. He is not
far from right. For example, take Putnam
county, in this State. Bermuda bottoms
are being utilized there, good stock is being
raised, and for the year ending in October
last $1,000 to $1,000 pounds of delicious
Jersey butter were shipped out of the
county, some going as far as New York,
and the prices ranging from SOC. to 40c.
The dairymen there are making money, and
farming with them promises to become
simply an adjunct to the dairy business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
The Origin ofBig Plate-Glass Windows.
From the Neao York Tribune.


do you know, - said well-known plateglass
dealer to a Tribune reporter, that the great
plate-glaSs windows that adorn large store
fronts have their origin in the vanity Of womenY
woman likes TO see herself as others see her
She can do that in mirror. When she is on
the street the show windows serve as mirrors to
tell her how prettily or badly she appears, if
her hat is on crooked, her back hair down or her
new-fangled hustle awry. Watch the women as
they saunter up and down Broadway or Sixth
avenue, and you will find nine out of ten casting
furtive glances into the windows that reflect
back their likenesses Then they are attracted TO
the goods in the windows and 20 into the stores
to inspect and buy. 1t was that idea that first
brought about big-plate glass windows. The
sold, common frames. with large numbers of
panes gave no opportunity for the ladies to see
their full figures They could only see their
faces. Tradesmen who observed the manner in
which they looked in the windows urged the
glass manufacturers to make large panes
They gradually made them larger and larger
until now they fill the entire front. The men
like TO look in them quite as much as the
women, too
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGs-Pulaski Loan Association; Golden
Rule Lodge No. 12, l. o. o. F.; Hebrew Benevo-
lent Society; The Merchants and Mechanics
Loan Association.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-To Art Students, Carl L.
Brandt, Director Telfair Academy of Arts and
Sciences; AS to Bills Against British Steamship
Naples, and British Steamship Buteshire; AS to
Crew of British Steamship Albano; To House
keepers, Geo. V. Hecker & Co.; Last Notice as
10 State and County Taxes; The Rattle Last
Night.
STEAMSHIP SCHKDULEs-General Transatlantic
Co; Baltimore Steamship Co.
To Coon LIvERs-H. Logan, City Market.
AMUsEMENTs-M Marion Fleming in 1.-THE Brook
at the Theatre.
PERFECTLY AsToNfsHED-Lovell & baltimore.
AT PRIVATE SALE-Broughton Street Prop
erty, by J. Mclaughlin & Son.
New BooKs-At Estill's Depot
LoTTERY-Louisiana State
Doors AND SHoEs-A. S. Cohen.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Srayed or Stolen; Personal; Photography;
Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
A Southern Prison Proposed.

Congressman Stewart proposes to urge
Congress to establish a United States
penitentiary at Atlanta for prisoners
convicted in the Federal Courts of the
Southern States. The MORNING NEWS sug-
gested two or three years ago that there
| ought to be penitentiary in the South for
Southern prisoners for two reasons One is
that it is expensive taking convicts from
all parts of the South to the penitentiary at
Albany, N. Y, and the other is that it is
cruel to the pri oners to transfer them from
the mild climate of the South to the cold
climate of the North. 1t is probable that
the death of great many of the Southern
convicts in the Albany penitentary is due
to the effect which so great change in the
climate has upon them.
When Mr. Jones, of Florida, was SEN
ator from that State he called the attention
of Congress to the advisability of establish
ing penitentiary in the Southern States,
but he did not succeed in carrying out his
purpose with regard to it.
Congressman Stewart would stand bet
ter chance of having his bill passed if he
were to leave the location to be determined
by commission to be appointed by the
President or the Secretary of the Treasury.
The climate of Atlanta, during some por-
tons of the winter, is not much milder than
that of Albany. 1t may not be as cold as
that of the latter city, but it has some very
Objectionable features.
The fact that Congressman Stewart pro-
poses to name Atlanta in his bill as the To-
cation of the prison would seem to indicate
that he is much more anxious to help that
town than he is to promote the welfare of
Southern convicts.
A commission might select Atlanta in
preference to any other, and if it should
there could be no ground for complaint, but
as the prison is for the benefit of convicts,
and not TO boom town, care should be
taken to consider the interests of the con-
victs and not of any particular town. When
Mr.. Stewards bill is introduced into Con-
gress the press in different parts of the
South will have something to say about it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
A Club of Aged Men
From The Indianapolis Journal

HTUH Utt ItUtttVtIpOItS JOUFItuI
But twenty-five members of the Tippecanoe
Club were able to be present at its annual
meeting. Isaac j. Taylor, the marshal of the
club, submitted his apnual report, which con
tanned some very interesting historical facts
Among other things he said. ''Of our sick breth-
Thomas Richard, Several of our brethren are
quite feeble, but able to be about Our veneer
able brother. James Hubbard is enjoying re-
markably good health for his age-102 years s
months and n days. The club has lost by
death ten OF its members during the year 1885,
-3.3 per cent. of its membership - leaving 2O6
of its old members living and members who
were taken in during the year, making 300 yet
living. The average age of the ten deceased
members was ~ years months and o. days
The average age OF the 306 members living is "a
years and 81 days The average loss 10 the club
has been II ~ per year, or on per cent"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Ii, 1887
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
Senator Colquitt's Good Service.
From the Ne,o York Star DEM.

Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, has rendered a
genuine service TO the public by his able and
candid exposition of the truth regarding the
negro vote in the Southern States, and especially
in the State of Georgia. He shows that the ed
ucation of the negroes and the cultivation of
friendly relations with them are in line with the
policy of the white Democrats of the South, and
that harmony between the races is disturbed
only when Republican agitators attempt to fire
the negro heart" for theE own partisan and
personal advantage